Viewpoint: Being Heard Free speech can be free in Eugene. BY IANA MATTHEWS-HARRIS EDITOR'S NOTE: The below was written as spoken word and performed in front of the Lane County Board of Commissioners recently as a protest to the electricity being cut off at the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza Saturdays. The poetry has been edited for newspaper style. Free speech is no longer free in America. The ability to get your voice heard is rare and the powers that be say that nothing is free, and we're losing our democracy — not from terrorists across the sea but something worse, apathy. [Read More]   Living Out: Dyke Trek The next generation BY SALLY SHEKLOW A baby's scream pierced the dark theater. I squeezed my wife's hand and whispered, "Let's don't have kids." Up the aisle trudged two women, whispering embarrassed apologies for their fussing infant. "OK," Wifey squeezed back, like she always does. [Read More]
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